101 - Steering feels loose

[neo]

Hey all...

Finally I have Bazdas suspension in the racecar and the alignment has been setup as follows:

Front Camber -2deg, -2deg
Front Castor +2.5 deg , +4deg
Front Toe -0.5mm, -0.5mm

Rear Camber -.75deg, -.75deg
Rear Toe +0.5mm, +0.5mm (was meant to be 0)

Driving around things are all fine (except the steering doesn't auto centre very well), until I take a decent corner hard. After the car has gone around the corner and then back onto the straight, the steering wheel will be like 1/6 out (in the direction just turned from) - for some time. Eventually it will come back to being straight..

Ive checked all the steering joints / rack ends / tie rods, it all seems tight.

Is this just because of the suspension settings I have?

[strx7]

'auto centring' is generally based on the amount of front castor angle.
I noticed on my AE104 yesterday, with say 5 degrees camber on the front, the steering was definitily lighter than with say 3 degrees - numbers are guesimates not exact. I put that down to different amount of contact area

[neo]

And the answer is....

One of the coilovers must not be machined properly as the assembly that bolts to the hub can rock back and forth on the shock body/ the threaded part.

Yes the locking washers are done up tight.

This shows how bad it is:

Post left hand corner, been on the straight for some time:


Then after the next right hand corner (back straight), and been on the straight for some time:

[matt dunn]

Front Castor +2.5 deg , +4deg

Not sure how to interpret that?
So it has different amounts on each side?